add pya init command

docs/install.rst

@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ pyaerocom searches in ``~/MyPyaerocom`` for a file named ``paths.ini`` and uses
 one in ``data/`` in the pyaerocom installation directory (or at
 <https://github.com/metno/pyaerocom/blob/main-dev/pyaerocom/data/paths.ini>).
 
-To change paths, just copy the default file to ``~/MyPyaerocom`` and change paths to your needs.
+To change paths, just run the command ``pya init`` and  change paths to your needs with your favorite editor.

pyaerocom/scripts/cli.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
+from shutil import copy2
 from typing import Optional
 
 import typer
@@ -106,5 +107,29 @@
     download_minimal_dataset(extract_dir_override=extract_dir)
 
 
+@main.command()
+def init():
+    """init ~/MyPyaerocom directory and copy the default paths.ini there"""
+
+    mypyaerocom = Path.home() / "MyPyaerocom"
+    if not Path.exists(mypyaerocom):
+        Path.mkdir(mypyaerocom)
+
+    # copy default paths.ini if it doesn't exit
+    ini_in_path = Path(__file__).parents[1].joinpath("data/paths.ini")
+    ini_out_path = Path.joinpath(mypyaerocom,"paths.ini")
+    if not ini_in_path.exists():
+        print(f"Error: {ini_in_path} does not exist. Something is wrong with you pyaerocom installation!")
+    if ini_out_path.exists():
+        print(f"Error: {ini_out_path} already exists. Please delete by hand if you really want to overwrite that with the default from pyaerocom.")
+    else:
+        try:
+            copy2(ini_in_path, mypyaerocom)
+            print(f"{ini_out_path} successfully created")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error: file {ini_out_path} could not created. The error message was "
+                  f"{e}.")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ def test_ppiaccess():
     assert result.exit_code == 0
 
 
+def test_init():
+    result = runner.invoke(main, ["init"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def config_json(monkeypatch, tmp_path: Path, eval_config: dict) -> Path:
     def do_not_run(self, model_name=None, obs_name=None, var_list=None, update_interface=True):